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What I enjoyed during Christmas 2018

Monday, 7 January 2019

This weekend the Christmas decorations came down, that's right. The festive period is officially over in my household! This Christmas was a bit of a mix of emotions due to things that went on in December. However I decided to have a look back and document a couple of the moments I really enjoyed!

1.Taking advantage of all the Christmas movies on
Netflix. Don’t you just love a cheesy festive movie binge? There were some gems
this year. Whilst I couldn’t bring myself to watch the Christmas Prince: The
royal wedding as I’d heard terrible things. I loved the Christmas Chronicals,
Christmas inheritance and The princess switch! The only downside of a Netflix binge was the
amount of ‘christmas snacks’ I binged on while sitting on the sofa!

2.Having some time off work to spend with family. This
year we were able to spend a lot of time with family. Especially our niece and
nephews, as they had moved home closer to us. Seeing them get so excited leading
up to the 25th was so lovely to witness. Christmas is just magical
when you’re a kid!

3.Jet2 Holidays very kindly sent us a hamper of
goodies to get us in the mood for Christmas. This included a variety of sweet treats
and Christmas decorations for our home.
Tom and I tucked straight in to the mince pies and hot chocolate
provided while looking through the goodies. The ‘Christmas market’ mugs that
were sent got us discussing our citybreak to Brugge last Christmas with our friends. Unfortunately we weren’t organised
enough to arrange something similar this year, therefore decided to make a conscious
effort to get something booked for Christmas 2019. It’s always fun walking
around the Christmas markets, picking up special gifts for loved ones as well
as having a cheeky baileys hot choc!

4.We went to the Panto! Now I know for some, this
is probably a yearly tradition but for me, it was the first year I’d gone
along! I really enjoyed it! We went to see Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs,
which isn’t exactly festive, but there were the odd nods here and there to the
festive period! It’s obviously tailored
more towards young children, but enjoyable nonetheless.

5.Socialising with friends was quite high on our
agenda this year. Isn’t it funny how busy December can get social! Christmas
parties, Christmas meals etc. Christmas definitely
does bring people together. It’s important to cherish those moments and make
memories. Something I am taking forward with me in 2019. I’ve downloaded the 1Second a day app to document my year in clips/photos. It’s going to be really
interesting to look back at the year next January!